Yves Zlotowski, co-founder of Batia Sarem, one of Cambodia’s leading contemporary art galleries, takes us through how a conversation one day in Paris with gallerist Lyvann Loeuk that lead them both to Siem Reap. It's a tranquil place famed for the Ankor Wat temple complex and where a cluster of galleries are taking shape. Yves talks through what its like to work in this context and explains how the country’s abundance of NGOs have shaped artistic practices.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy...

Vuth Lyno, a Cambodian artist, curator and educator, speaks about one of the country's significant project spaces: SA SA art projects that he co-founded in 2010 with the collective Stiev Selapak. SA SA oversee extravagant performances, city-wide festivals, innovative art history workshops and an artist residency programme. As they prepare to be a part of documenta 15, Vuth talks about the work the group do and reflects on the legacy bequeathed by the Khmer Rouge, which left a deep void in art...

Sopheap Pich, one of Cambodia's most innovative artists, speaks from his studio about his ‘non-wastage' approach. Working from his farm in Cambodia’s mountains he makes use of the materials around him. This might mean he creates pigment from soil, weaves with rice sacks or softens bamboo and rattan to create his monumental woven sculptures. We discuss in detail the trajectory of his practice—including his studies in America to returning to Cambodia—as well as hosting vast ‘Art on the Farm’...

Feroze Gujral, one of India's leading art philanthropists, speaks to us about steering the Gujral Foundation and striking a balance between supporting artists at home and working on projects internationally. In a country with limited government art funding and nothing that comes close to the UK’s Arts Council, private initiatives take up the slack. Feroze talks candidly about fitting the arts into India’s wider political agenda and establishing their value when humanitarian disasters are,...

The brilliant and bold performance artist Nikhil Chopra speaks from his studio in Goa. Nikhil's practice is world-renowned, and he's been supporting performance artists in India with the residency space, Heritage Hotel Art Spaces, which he co-founded. But it might be his alias, Yog Raj Chitrakar, you're better acquainted with. The artist transforms into this starchy, upright gentleman—a Victorian throwback who would seem better placed in the Charles Dickens Museum than the contemporary art...

Curator and Director Pooja Sood talks about Khoj, India's unique artist led workshop and studio complex in New Delhi. The place has nurtured experimentation for more than a quarter of a century, and numbers many of India's leading artists and curators among its alumni. Pooja talks us through it all - from sourcing warm goat lungs for a performance to navigating geopolitical frictions- in this episode. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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